Editing ASRAAM (section)

== Developments ==
On 8 July 2014, [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Indian Ministry of Defence]] signed a £250m ($428m) contract with MBDA to purchase 384 ASRAAM short range air-to-air missile to equip its [[SEPECAT Jaguar|SEPECAT/HAL Jaguar]] strike aircraft fleet and replace the ageing [[R.550 Magic|Matra Magic R550]]. MBDA's offering overcame competition from competitors including Rafael's Python-5 missile, emerging as the winner in 2012. This built on an existing 2012 order for 493 [[MICA (missile)|MICA]] missiles to replace [[R.530|Matra S-530D]] and [[R.550 Magic|Magic II]] missiles as part of an Indian Air Force [[Dassault Mirage 2000|Mirage 2000]] upgrade.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chandra |first=Atul |date=10 July 2014 |title=MBDA signs Indian ASRAAM contract |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/mbda-signs-indian-asraam-contract-401260/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175614/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/mbda-signs-indian-asraam-contract-401260/ |archive-date=5 September 2018 |access-date=5 September 2018 |work=Flightglobal.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In September 2015, the UK's MoD signed a £300 million contract for a new and improved version of the ASRAAM that would leverage new technological developments, including those from the CAMM missile. This variant would replace the current one when it goes out of service in 2022. A further £184 million contract was awarded in August 2016 to provide additional stocks of the new ASRAAM for the UK's F-35B. This new variant will be operationally ready on the Eurofighter Typhoon in 2018 and on the UK's F-35Bs from 2022 onwards.<ref name="Royal Navy" /><ref>{{cite web |date=16 August 2016 |title=Britain Stockpiles New ASRAAM Missiles for the F-35 |url=http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/2016/08/16/britain-stockpiles-new-asraam-missiles-f-35/88827092/ |access-date=17 August 2016 |publisher=Defensenews.com}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Larrinaga |first=Nicholas de |date=17 August 2016 |title=UK orders ASRAAMs to arm F-35s |url=http://www.janes.com/article/63007/uk-orders-asraams-to-arm-f-35s |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817152155/http://www.janes.com/article/63007/uk-orders-asraams-to-arm-f-35s |archive-date=17 August 2016 |access-date=17 August 2016 |publisher=IHS Janes}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=January 2022}}

In February 2017, successful firing of ASRAAMs from F-35 Lightning IIs were conducted at Naval Air Station Patuxent River and Edwards Air Force Base in the USA. This represented the first time that a British-designed missile had been fired from an F-35 JSF and the first time any non-US missile had ever been fired from the aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=F-35 Successfully Conducts First Firings of MBDA's ASRAAM |url=https://www.f35.com/news/detail/f-35-successfully-conducts-first-firings-of-mbdas-asraam |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926060731/https://f35.com/news/detail/f-35-successfully-conducts-first-firings-of-mbdas-asraam |archive-date=26 September 2020 |access-date=5 September 2018 |website=F-35 Lightning II}}</ref>

As of 31 January 2019, the [[Indian Air Force]] is testing the compatibility of the ASRAAM weapons system with the [[Sukhoi]] [[Su-30MKI]], and aims to make the ASRAAM its standardised short range missile across multiple aircraft types, including the [[HAL Tejas|Tejas]]. Final testing and operational clearance are to be achieved by the end of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aroor |first=Shiv |date=31 January 2019 |title=EXCLUSIVE: IAF Arming Su-30s With ASRAAMs, May Standardise Missile Across Fleet |url=https://www.livefistdefence.com/2019/01/exclusive-iaf-arming-su-30s-with-asraams-may-standardise-missile-across-fleet.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331055347/https://www.livefistdefence.com/2019/01/exclusive-iaf-arming-su-30s-with-asraams-may-standardise-missile-across-fleet.html |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>  [[Bharat Dynamics Limited]] will produce the missile at its [[Bhanoor]] unit. The facility will also offer maintenance, repair and overhaul services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BDL &MBDA sign agreement to establish Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile facility in India |url=https://bdl-india.in/node/3751 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029172227/https://bdl-india.in/node/3751 |archive-date=29 October 2022 |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref>